Hi there,
I am a beginner level user of TrueNAS Scale.
I have two TrueNAS Scale servers on my network. Server A is TrueNAS Scale 23.10.1. I just built and freshly installed TrueNAS Scale 23.20.2 on Server B.
I would like to migrate all the internal hardware on Server A to a new case, reinstall the latest TrueNAS Scale on Server A, and then pull the replicated data on Server B back to Server A exactly as it was.
I started a PUSH replication task on Server A to remote Server B. To do the PUSH replication, I followed this guide (almost) exactly:
www.youtube.com
Server B has a homedirs and PushReplica datasets with GZIP-9 compression on PushReplica as the video states, and I created a pushrepl user with the same permissions as stated.
The simple question is, "How do I restore the data from Server B to Server A exactly as it was?"
I assume that to restore the data on Server B back to Server A, that I have to do a PULL replication task? I watched this PULL replication guide and I was a bit concerned:
www.youtube.com
The PULL replication guide requires adding new datasets homedirs and PullReplica (with GZIP-9 compression) to Server A and adding a new user pullrepl. However, Server A currently has an entirely different name for the dataset with a Samba service enabled.
If I follow the video instructions exactly for the PULL replication task, and that task completes, can I edit/update/migrate the dataset so that it is named similarly in my current setup on Server A and enable the Samba service? What is the best way to restore from a remote replication in TrueNAS Scale?
I searched for answers and found the following:
www.truenas.com
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The first thread is about the same question that I am asking, but became more focused on migrating to Server B as the new "primary". I am working in a homelab and I don't want Server B to become primary. The second link asks about the restore button, and I don't think that was ever answered. The third link is older and gives a good plan for disaster recovery using replication to and from a remote server, but does not give any detailed instructions for how to restore.
Any comments or help is appreciated!
I am a beginner level user of TrueNAS Scale.
I have two TrueNAS Scale servers on my network. Server A is TrueNAS Scale 23.10.1. I just built and freshly installed TrueNAS Scale 23.20.2 on Server B.
I would like to migrate all the internal hardware on Server A to a new case, reinstall the latest TrueNAS Scale on Server A, and then pull the replicated data on Server B back to Server A exactly as it was.
I started a PUSH replication task on Server A to remote Server B. To do the PUSH replication, I followed this guide (almost) exactly:
TrueNAS SCALE Evaluation Guide | Remote Replication PUSH
Learn more about TrueNAS SCALE: https://www.truenas.com/truenas-scale/ Welcome to Data Freedom with TrueNAS SCALE. This evaluation guide details the easy pro...
www.youtube.com
The simple question is, "How do I restore the data from Server B to Server A exactly as it was?"
I assume that to restore the data on Server B back to Server A, that I have to do a PULL replication task? I watched this PULL replication guide and I was a bit concerned:
TrueNAS SCALE Evaluation Guide | Remote Replication PULL
Learn more about TrueNAS SCALE: https://www.truenas.com/truenas-scale/ Welcome to Data Freedom with TrueNAS SCALE. This evaluation guide details the easy pro...
www.youtube.com
The PULL replication guide requires adding new datasets homedirs and PullReplica (with GZIP-9 compression) to Server A and adding a new user pullrepl. However, Server A currently has an entirely different name for the dataset with a Samba service enabled.
If I follow the video instructions exactly for the PULL replication task, and that task completes, can I edit/update/migrate the dataset so that it is named similarly in my current setup on Server A and enable the Samba service? What is the best way to restore from a remote replication in TrueNAS Scale?
I searched for answers and found the following:
Restoring from Replication
I have two Dell 2950 servers with Quad Core Xeon processors, 16 Gig RAM and 4 2TB SAS drives runnig on a PERC6IR with all the RAID feature turned off as per the FreeNAS documentation. Each server boots from a 16Gig USB drive. I'm running FreeNAS 9.3. One of the servers is my active NAS and the...
www.truenas.com
What does the "Restore" button do?
I have not been able to find a description of the function of "RESTORE" shown above.
www.truenas.com
Cross-Site Disaster Recovery with TrueNAS
TrueNAS has long supported disaster recovery (DR) scenarios. This blog attempts to address the various types of supported DR scenarios and their related workflows. TrueNAS is a storage platform with powerful ways to ensure data integrity and consistency between local and remote sites. ZFS...
www.truenas.com
The first thread is about the same question that I am asking, but became more focused on migrating to Server B as the new "primary". I am working in a homelab and I don't want Server B to become primary. The second link asks about the restore button, and I don't think that was ever answered. The third link is older and gives a good plan for disaster recovery using replication to and from a remote server, but does not give any detailed instructions for how to restore.
Any comments or help is appreciated!
